Does the Citroen DS5 fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The Citroen DS5 records 19.26 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 12.07 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+7.19, 95% interval +6.67 to +7.71). It ranks 113 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on lamps, reflectors and electrics · check a Citroen DS5 by registration

What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Citroen DS5 is “A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”, recorded 1,829 times in 2019–2024.

Citroen DS5: most frequent lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	1,829	6.76
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements	1,188	4.39
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps	577	2.13
A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED	320	1.18
A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	245	0.91

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 27,052 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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